Transition to Professional Practice Program – Registered Midwife

With us is where you start your fulfilling, professional career as a Midwife

The Women’s & Children’s Hospital provides the state’s largest Maternity and Obstetric service. It is also the leading provider of health services to women, children and young people.

This is the beginning of your exciting and rewarding career in Midwifery. Our program aims to aid the transition from education to the role of the professional Midwife. The 12 month period of adjustment and bringing together of theoretical and practice knowledge will enable skill consolidation, build your confidence, encourage a positive attitude to work and define your professional responsibilities and boundaries.

We aim to achieve this transition by:

• Providing you with a supportive environment
• Orientate you to corporate, transition and clinical knowledge
• Developing your clinical confidence
• Preparing you for professional responsibility

We provide: 

• Comprehensive orientation to the organisation, transition program and clinical areas
• A structured transition program with clearly documented learning outcomes
• Time for allocated learning
• Weekly forums for reflection, debriefing and learning opportunities
• Peer support
• Excellent clinical support from dedicated Clinical Learning Co-ordinators, ward based Educators and the Program Educator

As part of the program you will: 

• Have the opportunity to provide regular feedback about your clinical experience and the transition program

• Be heard and valued for your comments and feedback within a safe and confidential environment

• Receive clear and achievable learning outcomes

• Receive prompt and constructive support if difficulties arise in your transition

• Receive regular constructive feedback regarding your clinical placements

Clinical Placement Opportunities

All clinical placements will be within the Women’s & Babies Division. The areas you will rotate into are the Delivery Suite, Postnatal Ward, Antenatal/Gynaecology Ward, Women’s Assessment Unit, Outpatient clinics and the Neonatal Unit.

Delivery Suite

With 16 delivery rooms, 3 high dependency rooms and its own obstetric theatre delivery suite facilitates the birth of just over 5000 babies each year. We have a range of women from low risk to high risk and from all over South Australia. We have a Midwifery Group Practice facility for those women choosing this option and we facilitate homebirths.  You will gain experience in caring for women with a variety of complex obstetric complications.

Postnatal Ward

We have 49 postnatal beds with our average length of stay being 2.8 days. We take pride in the fact that we are BFHI accredited.

Antenatal/gynaecology Ward

We have a total of 30 beds, 6 allocated to gynaecology patients and the rest as antenatal and postnatal overflow. We do elective gynaecology surgery cases which are mostly laparoscopic which enables the women to go home the same day.

Women’s Assessment Unit

We have anywhere between 30 to 80 women through each day but on average around 55. Any elective antenatal and gynaecology admissions come here and if they are in labour then they go up to delivery Suite.

Women’s Outpatients

This is a busy area providing care for the women in correlation with the state guidelines on the ‘antenatal schedule for pregnant women’. Additional appointments for women with complications are what make this a thriving hub of activity with an excellent learning experience.

Neonatal Unit

This is separated in to 2 units. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, (NICU) and Special Care Baby Unit, (SCBU).

NICU is for babies in need of respiratory support, central line management and continuous monitoring. They have 16 beds for babies from 23 up to 42 weeks gestation.

SCBU is for babies who don’t need such intensive care, for example, assistance in feeding via nasogastric tube, temperature regulation, blood sugar stabilisation to name but a few.

Ongoing Career Development 

Following successful completion of the Transition to Professional Practice Program you will have the opportunity to further your career as a confident, respected professional Midwife.

Completion of Program

A ceremony is held each February for Registered Midwives who have completed the Transition to Professional Practice Program.

Information Session

The TPPP-RM Information Session will be held on the 8th August 2013 from 14.00-16.00 in Room 202,  Level 2, Samuel Way Building, WCH.

Please register your interest in attending by emailing to cywhs.educationcentre@health.sa.gov.au

During this session you will be given the opportunity to meet with ward based educators, Clinical Learning Coordinators and the TPPP Coordinator to discuss the program.

Applying for the Program

Recruitment to 2013 SA Health Transition to professional Practice Programs will be done via a centralised process. For more detailed information regarding the application process, please visit, http://www.sahealthcareers.com.au/campaign.php?id=50

Further Information

For further information about the Transition to professional Practice for Registered Midwives at the Women’s & Children’s Hospital, please contact

Beverley Page – Education facilitator – Transition to Professional Practice Coordinator – RM

Email: beverley.page@health.sa.gov.au

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